Getting to the Heart

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Getting to the Heart

Inability

Control

March 23

 KIDZ in church (1st - 5th Graders) on March 30.

Missionary: McMaster

Summer Camp Scholarship Form:
https://trinitybaptistgr.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2825194

Toddler:

• God Promised to Be with Moses
• God promises to be with us. 
• Exodus 3:7-12; 12:37-39; 12:19-22
• Psalm 32:8

Pre-K/K

• Jesus Offered Deliverance
• Jesus deserves our praise for delivering the world from sin. 
• Luke 19:28-40; Zechariah 9:9
• Mark 11:9

The 1^st graders will be combined with the 2^nd–3^rd grade class

1st - 3rd SS:

• God Is Merciful and Gracious
• God sent Jesus to be the final sacrifice for our sins. 
• Numbers 21:1-9; John 3:14-16
• John 3:14

4th - 5th SS: 

• Respect God's Name
• God wants us to respect and praise His name. 
• Exodus 13:17-15:13; 20:7
• Exodus 20:7

1st - 5th CC:

• Jacob Wrestles with God
• God is worthy of our trust and submission. 
• Genesis 32:1-33:17; 35
• Psalm 37: 4, 5

Family Worship

It is IMPORTANT to plan times of worship (formal).
Also, remember, some of the MOST IMPORTANT worship times will not be planned (informal).

This past Sunday in our parenting class, we talked about Family Worship.
One of the big ideas is that gathering your family together to read scripture and pray is part of family worship.
Here is a good way to think about family worship...
"Live your life with the goal to please God and process this out loud with your family."

Family Worship in Your House

• Informal 
• God's Word is to be our constant subject of conversation.
• It is not easy to keep God's Word as our constant subject of conversation, so we need reminders.
• If God's Word is to be our constant subject of conversation, we need to be available so that we can have those conversations.

• Formal
• Three parts
• Read
• Pray
• Sing
• Family Worship requires our own radical changes.
• Teaching our children God's Word to train our children to have hearts that long for awe-inspired service toward God is only truly done when we simply pass on what is already overflowing in our hearts.

The Formal times help the Informal times.

Family Worship in the Church House

• Remember, parents are the primary disciple-makers in the children's lives
• The church helps parents fulfill their disciple-making role.

March 30 is a KIDZ in Church Sunday.

HERE is an article about a family worship fail.
HERE is a personal post Pastor Dave wrote about a family worship fail.

HERE is a podcast Jason and I did on Parenting & Family Worship.

Here are Family Worship Resources from Don Whitney.

 

Family Worship 101 with Don Whitney from Crossway on Vimeo.

Day 1:    www.crossway.org/articles/family-worship-101-day-1/

Day 2:    www.crossway.org/articles/family-worship-101-day-2/

Day 3:    www.crossway.org/articles/family-worship-101-day-3/

Day 4:    www.crossway.org/articles/family-worship-101-day-4/

Day 5:    www.crossway.org/articles/family-worship-101-day-5/

March 16

KIDZ in church (1st - 5th Graders) on March 30.

 Missionary: McMaster

Summer Camp Scholarship Form:
https://trinitybaptistgr.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/2825194

Spring 2025 Parenting Class Posts:
https://tbcgrkidz.blogspot.com/search/label/parenting

Toddler:

• God Provided for Moses
• God cares for little children. 
• Exodus 2:1-10
• 1 Peter 5:7

Pre-K/K

• Jesus Delivered from Disease
• Jesus' power over sickness shows He is God's Son. 
• Luke 17:11-19
• John 20:31

The 1^st graders will be combined with the 2^nd–3^rd grade class

1st - 3rd SS:

• God is Honorable
• God wants us to glorify Him with our lives. 
• Numbers 20:1-13
• Deuteronomy 33:26

4th - 5th SS:

• Worship God Honorably
• God is jealous for and deserving of our full attention. 
• Exodus 11; 12; 20:4-6
• Exodus 20:4

1st - 5th CC:

• A Bride for Jacob
• God is always faithful in His care for us. 
• Genesis 27:46-28:5; 10-22; 29:1-30:24
• Psalm 37:4, 5

The Purpose & Ministry of Parenting

"Our goal in parenting is not ultimately for our kids to get an excellent education, be great athletes, find a great spouse, or get a great career.  Our goal is for them to see a great God and want to live for Him."  David Platt

The purpose of salvation is NOT the salvation of our kids.  God is the one who saves.

Psalm 78:4, 7 talks about telling the coming generation of "the glorious deeds of the LORD, and his might, and the wonders that he has done."  We do this telling "so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God but keep his commandments."

Parenting is about pointing our children to Christ.
Allowing them to see a life dependent on Jesus, with the prayer that one day they will trust in Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

The problem is pride, which can lead to views of children that are not helpful.  

• Children may be viewed as obstacles preventing parents from reaching their full potential.  However, children are not obstacles to ministry; their very presence is a kind of ministry.
• Children may be viewed as an idol that provides self-fulfillment and identity.  They are not an end in themselves.
• Children may be viewed as tools, used as the foundation of society or the building block of the church.  

In creation, one of the first things God does for Adam is to create a helper, a woman.

One of God's first commandments is "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it."  Genesis 1:28

The family is central to... 

God's revelation of Himself.  Throughout the New Testament, Jesus is referred to as the Son, and God is referred to as the Father (Matthew 3:17; 17:5; John 5:17, 19 - 20).

God's plan of salvation.  We are adopted into the family of God (Galatians 4:4 - 7; Hebrews 2:11; Matthew 6:9; 1 John 3:1; Hebrews 12:5 -11).

God's church is the family of God (1 Peter 4:17; 1 Timothy 3:4-5; 15:1 - 2; Ephesians 2:1 - 2).

Families are a means of knowing God and His plan for salvation better and a means of blessing the church and the world.

A well-ordered family is a powerful, God-ordained, universal witness to the church of what it ought to be.  See 1 Timothy 3:15 and 5:1 - 2.

The family ministers to the lost world.  First, we should view building strong, vibrant, not perfect, families as a form of ministry and opening our homes to non-Christian friends as an increasingly valuable evangelistic opportunity.  Second, the family provides an opportunity to evangelize future generations.

Building families is a vital Christian ministry, both to the church—which is our spiritual family—and to the world, which sees in the family a picture of a redeemed community.

This Sunday, March 16, the class will be on the importance of Family Worship.

Much of this post has been taken from Capitol Hill Baptist Church's Core Seminar "Parenthood."

J.C. Ryle's book Practical Religion's chapter 16 is entitled Family of God.  Ryle makes the connection between the family and the church.  Check out the PDF HERE

March 9

 Missionary: Visser

Toddler: 

• God Kept Moses Safe
• God gives us mothers to protect us. 
• Exodus 2:1-4
• 1 John 4:7

Pre-K/K:

• Jesus Delivered from Death
• Jesus has the power to deliver us from death. 
• Luke 7:11-17
• John 11:25

The 1^st graders will be combined with the 2^nd–3^rd grade class

1st - 3rd SS:

• God Is In Charge
• God uses leaders to accomplish His will. 
• Numbers 16:17
• Deuteronomy 32:39

4th - 5th SS:

• Put God First
• God wants us to worship Him, the one true God. 
• Exodus 7 - 10; 20:1-3
• Exodus 20: 2, 3

1st - 5th CC:

• Esau Sells His Birthright
• God wants us to respect and be honest with others. 
• Genesis 25:19-34; 27:1-45
• Psalm 37:4, 5

March 2

 Missionary: Visser

Toddler: 

• God Protects Moses
• God gives us families to help us. 
• Exodus 1:8-22
• 1 John 4:7

Pre K/K

• Jesus Proved He is our Deliverer
• Jesus is qualified to be our deliverer because He is God's Son. 
• Matthew 4:1-11
• John 20:31

The 1st graders are combined with the 2nd-3rd grade class. 

1st-3rd grade SS

• God Is Owner
• God helps believers remain loyal to him, their owner.
• Numbers 14:39-45; 15:32-41
• Numbers 15:40

4th-5th grade SS

• Meet God, the Commander
• God's glory is worthy of our highest respect. 
• Exodus 19; 20:18-21
• Exodus 20:20

1st-5th grade CC

• A match made from Heaven
• God answers the prayers of those who trust Him. 
• Gensis 24:1 - 25:11
• Psalm 37:4, 5